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The Hindi Wikipedia was launched on 11 July 2003. In July 2010, Google announced that they had been working with Hindi Wikipedians to translate English language articles into Hindi and had so far (since 2008) translated 600,000 words in Hindi using a combination of Google Translate and manual checking.[1] This coordinated translation has been responsible for a 20% rate of growth and counting for the site.

As of 2013 (and considering statistics since 2007), January to May 2008 is the only period in which the Hindi Wikipedia experienced multiple consecutive months with two-figures growth (in number of words), bringing it from 1.7 to 2.8 million words.[2]

Timeline

11 July 2003 – Hindi Wikipedia launched

25 January 2005 – Number of articles on Hindi Wikipedia reached 1,000.

16 January 2007 – Number of articles on Hindi Wikipedia reached 5,000.

14 March 2007 – Number of articles on Hindi Wikipedia reached 10,000.

6 December 2007 – Number of articles on Hindi Wikipedia reached 15,000.

29 May 2008 – Number of articles on Hindi Wikipedia reached 20,000.

11 July 2008 – Hindi Wikipedia five years completed.

9 May 2009 – Number of articles on Hindi Wikipedia reached 30,000.

8 September 2009 – Hindi Wikipedia becomes the largest version of Wikipedia in Indian languages.

14 September 2009 – Number of articles on Hindi Wikipedia reached 50,000.

13 February 2010 – Hindi Wikipedia has more than 25,000 members.

20 June 2010 – Hindi Wikipedia has more than 30,000 members.

26 November 2010 – Hindi Wikipedia has more than 37,000 members.

29 January 2011 – Hindi Wikipedia has more than 40,000 members.

14 August 2011 – Hindi Wikipedia, the number of members exceeds 50,000.